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The Story: the flagship podcast from The Times and Sunday Times. One remarkable story, told in depth, each day.
Hosts Manveen Rana and Luke Jones take you to the heart of the story you need to know with exclusive reports and investigations.
Plus, each month, William Hague hosts an agenda-setting interview with a key newsmaker or thinker.
Discover the story behind the story with world-class journalism from The Times and Sunday Times.
The Story is available at the start of your day from Monday to Friday, with bonus ‘Inside the Newsroom’ episodes every Saturday for Times subscribers, available by connecting your subscription via Apple Podcasts.
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The rise and spectacular fall of the SNP
After 13 months in power, First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned - and for the second time in as many years the SNP is looking for a new leader. So, how did it come to this for the once-dominant party? And what could it mean for the general election and the campaign for Scottish independence?
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Guests: Kieran Andrews, Scottish Political Editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: STV News, The Guardian, Sky News, ITV News, SNP, Financial Times, The Sun.
Get in touch: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk
Find out more about our bonus series for Times subscribers: 'Inside the newsroom'
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Why Israel's rogue battalion could be facing US sanctions
As the war in Gaza grinds on, and US President Joe Biden comes under increasing pressure to curb Israel's most serious military excesses, his administration has - for the first time ever - announced it's considering imposing sanctions on one specific Israeli Army unit. So what is the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, and why is it in America’s sights?
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Guests: Gabrielle Weiniger, Times Correspondent based in Israel.
Host: Manveen Rana
Clips: ILTV News; France 24; Global News; AP; All Israel News
Get in touch: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk
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How America could descend into civil war
The prospect of internal conflict, as depicted in Alex Garland’s new film ‘Civil War’, is no longer regarded as an impossibility in America. With millions of guns in circulation, militia membership on the rise, and citizens relocating along ideological lines, could the US descend into a new civil war?
Guests:
Sarah Baxter, Director of the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting.Barbara F Walter, Rohr Professor of International Affairs at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California in San Diego.Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Civil War © 2024, A24 / Entertainment Film Distributors, Director Alex Garland, The Telegraph, The Washington Post, The Evening Standard, CNN, The Independent, CBC News.
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Inside the newsroom: Knives, sex toys and an anthrax scare
In this bonus episode for Times subscribers, Producer Olivia Case takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the newsroom, stopping by the post-room to talk to Gareth Lloyd and Dean Hutton about surprising things that get sent to the newsroom and how they deal with anthrax-scares.
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Undercover at Britain’s ‘conspiracy school’
A group of former teachers and a cryptocurrency trader are teaching at a suspected illegal school, Universallkidz in Manchester, in which children are being educated to become the next generation of conspiracy theorists. The Times’ Tom Ball went undercover as a teacher to find out more.
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Guest: Tom Ball, Reporter, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.co.uk
Find out more about our bonus series for Times subscribers: 'Inside the newsroom'
Mentioned in this episode: Hope Sussex school trains next generation of conspiracy theorists
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Hague talks to AI expert Azeem Azhar - ‘Unchecked power ends with bad outcomes’
William Hague sits down with Azeem Azhar, entrepreneur, investor and one of the world’s leading thinkers on artificial intelligence, to discuss how tech could be the great equaliser, how we must control it and how the world will be unrecognisable in 5 years time.
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Guest: Azeem Azhar, entrepreneur, investor, author, thought leader.
Host: William Hague.
Further listening: Artificial intelligence: Our bright new future or the end of humanity?
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Customer Reviews
My favourite current affairs podcast
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Stories of our Times
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Joan
Outstanding
Thorough and informative in a time of misinformation.